List of illustrations; List of maps and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on orthography; 1. The historiography of Southeast Asia J. D. Legge; Part I. From Prehistory to c. 1500: 2. Southeast Asia before history Peter Bellwood; 3. The early kingdoms Keith Taylor; 4. Economic history of early Southeast Asia Kenneth R. Hall; 5. Religion and popular beliefs of Southeast Asia before c. 1500 J. G. de Casparis and I. W. Mabbett; Part II. From c. 1500 to c. 1800: 6. Interactions with the outside world and adaptation in Southeastern Asian Society 1500–1800 Leonard Y. Andaya; 7. The political development of Southeast Asia between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries Barbara W. Andaya; 8. Economic and social change c. 1400–1800 Anthony Reid; 9. Religious developments in Southeast Asia c. 1500–1800 Barbara Andaya and Yoneo Ishii; 10. The age of transition: the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries J. Kathirithamby-Wells; Bibliographic essays; Index.
Taking a thematic, rather than country by country approach, this new two-volume work examines the monumental changes experienced by mainland and island Asia. Volume 1 covers early Asian history, from prehistory to the early nineteenth century.
'… invaluable for historians wanting a broad picture of the region … should also be of more general interest.' Danny Yee's Book Reviews
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